So I have been using F# for a while and studying a bit of Haskell on the side and I have realized I could rewrite the exact same function one of three different ways.
Either with implicit currying, ...

I have a Netty-based game server implementation that handles 40 or so distinct packets with their own serialization structure, for brevity I'll refer to them as FooPacket, BarPacket, ... These packet ...

Today I found an article about Java8's Fork/Join-Framework and its usage for the parallel streams implementation. While I do understand the article, I'm not entirely sure what I should think of it.
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Scheme is said to be just an extension of the Untyped Lambda Calculus (correct me if I am wrong). If that is the case, how can it have Lists and Numbers? Those, to me, look like 2 base types. So I'd ...

I'm studying Types and Programming Languages, and have some trouble getting my head around the concepts of the 5th chapter, The Untyped Lambda Calculus.
Specifically, redex, reduction and the various ...

I have been falling into a pattern lately where I have been defining routines that rely on an interface defined by a function that is specified as a parameter to the routine. (The language is C#, but ...

I'm currently reading Benjamin C. Pierce's “Types and Programming Languages”. Before really getting into type theory it explains lambda calculus and evaluation strategies.
I am a bit confused by the ...

There is a new hype with the long awaited lambda expressions in Java 8; every 3 day another article appears with them about how cool they are.
As far as I have understood they a lambda expression is ...

I have been exploring the new features in the JDK8, like the lambda expressions, the extension methods, and the new stream API.
Evidently none of these features are new in the programming world and ...

I'm exploring a piece of code in Architecture Explorer in Visual Studio 2010 to study the relations between methods. I noticed a strange behavior.
Take the following source code. It generates a hello ...

Now and then I use the Python lambda. Is it so formal that it is safe to say that you can do formal lambda calculus with it? I just used it but I didn't fully understand whether the python lambda and ...

Is the introduction of the new lambda notation (see e.g. this article) in Java 8 going to require some kind of type inference?
If so, how will the new type system impact the Java language as a whole?
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I've been working in Ruby for the last couple weeks, and I've come to the subject of procs, lambdas and blocks. After reading a fair share of examples from a variety of sources, I don't how they're ...

I started programming with Python. When using python, concepts like coroutine, closure made me really confusing.
Now I think I know them some superficial level, but I want to get the "enlightement" ...

I'm in a situation where I need to explain lambda expressions to a colleague. He's well-educated, with some programming experience, and my first time showing him lambda expressions seemed to go well. ...

I've been messing around with functional programming languages for a few years, and I keep encountering this phrase. For example, it is a chapter of "The Little Schemer, which certainly predates the ...

I wonder what the technical implementation differences between C# and Scala are and how both solutions compare to the implementation ideas and concerns voiced in the email Peek Past lambda by Brian ...

Given C++('11) has lambdas now, will there be any LINQ like higher order function library officially supported later? Is there any such library now being used in any production level code?
Obviously ...

Just as many people believe tenaciously in small functions, some people believe lambdas should only contain small code fragments.
An often overlooked advantage of lambdas however, is using them you ...